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    PR2 (Personal Robot 2)

    Willow Garage · USA

    Research robot with two arms🗓 Year unveiled: 2009Discontinued, but still used in research

    🏆 Notable for: Famous for its open-source nature and role in promoting ROS, it is a benchmark in robotics research.

    Overview

    PR2 is an open-source research platform with two capable arms and a mobile base, designed for developing robotics algorithms in human environments.

    📜 History

    PR2 was introduced by Willow Garage in 2009 and became a standard platform in many robotics labs worldwide. It played a key role in popularizing ROS.

    ⚙️ Specs

    Height160 cm
    Weight226 kg
    Degrees of freedom24

    Capabilities

    • wheeled mobility
    • dual 7-DOF arms
    • object grasping
    • autonomous navigation